Simulated unitary bracelet and watch case

ABSTRACT

A boss having parallel short side edges and a substantially flat elongated end projects from opposite sides of a watch case. A bracelet watch strap is mounted on the boss. The bracelet includes U-shaped brackets having an elongated reach and short parallel legs. A bracket is affixed to the bracelet adjacent each end thereof with the bracket being open ended to coincide with the ends of the bracelet strap. The side edges of the boss are received between the legs of the bracket and a spring pin extends through a bore in the boss with the ends of the pin extending into registered openings in the bracket legs to retain the bracelet strap. The reach of the bracket is free of the bracelet strap intermediate its end and acts as a leaf spring, bearing against the flat end edge of the boss. Thus, the reach holds the bracelet strap rigid against the watch case simulating a unitary bracelet and case. In an alternate embodiment the reach is unitary with the bracelet along its entire length and spaced from the end of the boss. A separate leaf spring is inserted in the space between the reach and the end of the boss to hold the bracelet strap rigid.

111 Hi t t llnite States i atent [72] Inventor Hyman Dintsrnan 115Central Park West, New York, NY. 10023 [21] Appl. No. 34,411 [22] FiledMay 4, 1970 [45] Patented Oct. 12, 1971 [54] SIMULATED UNITARY BRACELETAND WATCH CASE 12 Claims, 10 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 224/4 E, 24/265 WS [51] lint. Cl A44c 5/14 [50] Field ofSearch 224/4 D, 4 E, 4 F, 4 G, 4 H, 4 J, 4 K; 24/265 B, 265 WS [56]References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,687,365 10/1928 Dike....:224/4.9 1,818,637 8/1931 Mathez 24/2652 Primary Examiner-Gerald M.Forlenza Assistant Examiner-Lawrence J. Oresky Attorney-Polachek 8:Saulsbury ABSTRACT: A boss having parallel short side edges and asubstantially flat elongated end projects from opposite sides of a watchcase. A bracelet watch strap is mounted on the boss. The braceletincludes U-shaped brackets having an elongated reach and short parallellegs. A bracket is affixed to the bracelet adjacent each end thereofwith the bracket being open ended to coincide with the ends of thebracelet strap. The side edges of the boss are received between the legsof the bracket and a spring pin extends through a bore in the boss withthe ends of the pin extending into registered openings in the bracketlegs to retain the bracelet strap. The reach of the bracket is free ofthe bracelet strap intermediate its end and acts as a leaf spring,bearing against the flat end edge of the boss. Thus, the reach holds thebracelet strap rigid against the watch case simulating a unitarybracelet and case. In an alternate embodiment the reach is unitary withthe bracelet along its entire length and spaced from the end of theboss. A separate leaf spring is inserted in the space between the reachand the end of the boss to hold the bracelet strap rigid.

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SIMULATED UNITARY IIICI'ZILIE'I AMI) WATCII TIME Watch bracelets havingmeans for simulating a unitary connection with a watch case.

A present style trend in the wrist watch industry is the provision of aunitary connection between the ends of a watch bracelet and the watchcase. Thus, a watch case and bracelet are given asolid and substantialappearance which is indicative of a med watch structure. The use ofintegral watch bracelet and watch case structures has developed as anoutgrowth of the use of metal watch bracelets. Such metal watchbracelets not only include the common expansion-type bracelet butadditionally include wire or mesh bracelets which have increased inpopularity in recent years. One of the reasons for the increase in theuse of wire mesh bracelets is the fact that they have been used inconjunction with a unitary connection to the watch case.

Most of the unitary watch case and bracelet mounting arrangements areachieved by soldering the ends of the bracelet to opposed edges of thewatch case. Although this technique produces a solid and substantialconnection between the bracelet and the case, and provides the desiredunitary appearance, many disadvantages accompany the use of thistechnique. Among disadvantages, besides the increased initial cost, isthe fact that repair or replacement of the bracelet involves acomplicated and expensive procedure entailing the opening of thesoldered connection and subsequent resoldering of a new bracelet.Furthermore, such unitary construction complicated the repair of watchmovements because the watch case could not be easily opened, due to thefact that the bracelet could not be easily removed from the watch case.

Thus, although a unitary connection between a watch bracelet and watchcase is an attractive structure and promotes sales for this reason,subsequent disadvantages are incurred which increase not only the costof the watch but replacement and repair. It is an object of the presentinvention to provide a watch bracelet of the general character describedwhich is not subject to the foregoing disadvantages.

More specifically it is an object of the present invention to provide awatch bracelet of the general character described which may be easilymounted on or removed from a watch case, yet presents the appearance ofbeing unitarily connected thereto.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a watch braceletof the general character described which includes a mounting bracket andresilient biasing means which engage portions of the bracelet rigid withthe watch case. p

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a braceletand watch case of the general character described which includes abracket which engages a boss projecting from a watch case and with aportion of the bracket snugly resiliently biasing against a portion ofthe boss to hold the corresponding portions adjacent the ends of thebracelet against the watch case.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a watchbracelet of the general character described which includes means toresiliently hold portions adjacent the ends of the bracelet rigid withthe watch case yet permits limited flexing of said portions tofacilitate donning of the watch.

Other objects of the invention in part will be obvious and in part willbe pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will beexemplified in the watch bracelet hereinafter described and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown some of the variouspossible embodiments of the invention,

FIG. I is an exploded perspective view of the undersurface of a watchcase and a watch bracelet constructed in accordance with and embodyingthe invention showing a mounting bracket affixed to the watch braceletadjacent the watch ends thereof and engaging a boss projecting from thewatch case; additionally shown is a spring pin which is seated within abore extending through the boss and engages the side legs of thebracket.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantiallyalong the line 2-3 of FIG. I and showing a reach forming a part of themounting bracket and acting as a leaf spring biasing against the boss;additionally shown in double dot-and-dash lines is a position which thereach assumes when the watch bracelet is pivoted about the spring pin.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 ofFIG. 2 and through the mounting bracket along with a portion of thewatch bracelet.

FIG. I is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along theline d-d of FIG. 2 and illustrating the normal position of the reach andthe watch bracelet with respect to the watch case.

FIG. h is a fragmentary sectional view similar to that of FIG. 4 butshowing the watch bracelet in an alternate position after being flexedto pivot about the spring pin with the reach assuming the position shownin the double dot-and-dash lines of FIG. 2.

FIG. s is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the undersurface ofa watch bracelet embodying an alternate form of the invention wherein abiasing leaf spring is inserted between the end of a boss projectingfrom a watch case and a reach forming a part of a mounting bracket.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view taken substantially along theline 77 of FIG. 6 and illustrating the relative position of the mountingbracket and the boss but omitting the leaf spring.

FIG. 7a is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the undersurfaceof a watch bracelet and case embodying a further embodiment of theinvention wherein a mounting bracket extends from the watch case and aboss projects from the watch bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereofwith a spring pin seated within a bore extending through the boss andengages the side legs of the bracket.

FIG. II is a fragmentary top perspective view of an alternate embodimentof the invention wherein the entire reach including the ends thereof isspaced from the undersurface of the watch bracelet.

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view taken substantially along theline 9% of FIG. b and further illustrating the reach of this alternateembodiment.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference number I0 denotesa watch bracelet constructed in accordance with and embodying theinvention. The bracelet III is constructed in the manner of aconventional watch bracelet and may be formed of any convenient stockmaterial, e.g. metal mesh, rigid links hingedly connected, expansionlinks, etc. The present invention employs a novel structureinterconnecting both watch ends I2 of the bracelet I0 and a watch case.The watch ends I2 are contoured to mate with the ad jacent surfaces ofthe watch case. As illustrated in FIG. I for a circular watch case, theends 112 are contoured arcuately.

FIG. I also illustrates the rear surface of a watch case 14 including awinding crown I6. In accordance with the present invention there isformed on diagonally opposite surfaces of the watch case Id, bosses Idof generally rectangular trans verse cross section. The bosses I8 may beformed in one piece construction with the watch case or may besubsequently unitan'ly attached thereto as by soldering. Each boss ISincludes parallel spaced sidewalls 20 and a fiat end wall 22. The endwall 22 runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boss and thesidewalls 2i) lie in planes perpendicular to said longitudinal axis. Thebosses 18 further include parallel top and bottom walls 24, 2srespectively. The top and bottom walls lie in planes perpendicular to aplane passing through the end wall 30 is carried. The pin 30 includesopposed end tips 32 which are adapted to be engaged in apertures formedin a bracket mounted on the watch bracelet.

In order to provide a mounting arrangement whereby the ends of thebracelet 10 are held substantially rigid with the watch case to simulatea unitary connection therewith, a U- shaped mounting bracket 34 issecured to the watch bracelet 10 adjacent each watch end 12 thereof. Asshown in FIG. 1 the mounting brackets 34 are open ended with the openends thereof being in registry with the watch ends 12 of the bracelet.The bracket 34 includes spaced opposed parallel short legs 36 which areinterconnected by a reach 38. The legs 36 are spaced apart a distancesufiicient to snugly accommodate the boss 18 therebetween with thesidewalls 20 of the boss 18 snugly abutting the opposed interiorsurfaces of the legs 36.

It should be noted at this point that registered apertures 40 are formedin the legs 36 and the apertures 40 accommodate the tips 32 of the pin30 when the bracelet 10 is mounted to the watch case 14 (see FIG. 2).

The brackets 34 are unitarily joined to the bracket 10 thereof with theends of the legs 36 in registry with the edges of the watch ends 12. Thebracket may be secured in any conventional manner as by soldering or mayeven be formed in one piece construction with a tenninal end link of awatch bracelet formed of several interconnected links.

In accordance with the invention, portions of the watch bracelet 10adjacent the watch ends 12 thereof and in the immediate vicinity of thewatch case 14 are held flat and to some extent rigid thereby simulatinga unitary connection between the bracelet and the watch case 14. Forthis purpose, the reach 38 of the mounting bracket 34 is bent in anarcuate configuration toward the watch case (see FIGS. 1 and 2). Thus,when the bosses 18 are received between the legs of the brackets 34 andthe tips 32 of the spring pins 30 engage the openings 40, a centralportion of each reach 38 bears against the flat end wall 22 of therespective boss. Because the central portion of the reach 38 which bearsagainst the end wall 22 is not curved, i.e., flat, it lies substantiallyalong a plane passing through the end wall 22, (see FIGS. 2 and 4), thebrackets 34 will be held rigid against the boss 18. This is because thereach will exert a compressive force on the portion of the bossextending between the bore 28 and the end wall 22. The mating flatsurfaces of the end wall 22 and the reach 38 will tend to preventrocking or pivotal movement of a bracket 34 and hence portions of thebracelet adjacent a watch end 12 about a spring pin 30 which would at asa pivot.

In order to permit a reach 38 to act as a biasing leaf spring, exertingcompressive forces on a boss 18, the reach 38 is not joined to theundersurface of the bracelet 10 except at the terminal ends thereof,i.e., the ends 39 of the reach 38 which are common with the ends of thelegs 36. This may be readily observed in FIGS. 3 and 4 wherein a clearspace 42 is shown between the longitudinal edge of the reach 38 which isadjacent the bracelet l and the undersurface of the bracelet 10.

The structure above described will hold the portions of the braceletadjacent the watch case in a rigid manner, simulating the appearance ofa unitary connection with the watch case.

This structure also permits limited movement of the watch.

ends 12 about the tips 32 of the spring pin 30. Such limited movement isoften necessary when donning the watch and is additionally desirable toaccommodate any undue stresses which may be occasionally applied to thewatch bond, such as jarring or inadvertently snagging the band.

The limited rotational movement of the brackets 34 and hence theportions of the bracelet adjacent the watch ends 12 thereof is shown inthe cross-sectional view of FIG. 5. In this view, it can be seen thatthe central portion of the reach 38 has been deflected away from thewatch end 12. A corner of the boss 18 is shown engaging the reach 38 andforcing the same in the direction indicated by the heavy arrow of FIG.5. A comparison of the normal position of the reach 38 and the deflectedposition (a result of limited pivoting of the bracket) is illustrated bycomparing the solid lines (normal position) and the double dot-and-dashlines of the reach 38 in FIG. 2.

It will be appreciated that the embodiment of the invention abovedescribed is suitable not only for circular watch cases but watch casesof various other shapes, e.g. oval, rectangular, square, etc., and thatthe watch ends 12 of the bracelet 10 need only be shaped to conform withthe general configuration of a selected watch case.

An alternate embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 6. Inthis embodiment, a U-shaped bracket 34a is positioned on a watchbracelet 10a adjacent each watch end 124. The bracket 34a is constructedsimilar to that of the bracket 34 in the previous embodiment andincludes spaced parallel legs 36a and a reach 38a. The bracket 34a ofthis embodiment is distinguished from the previous embodiment, however,because the reach 38a does not act as a leaf spring and is secured tothe undersurface of the watch bracelet 10a along its entire length.Furthermore, the legs 36a of the bracket are of a longer length than thelegs 36 so that the reach 38a is spaced from an end wall 220 of a boss18a which projects from a watch ease 14a. Within the clear space betweenthe reach 38a and the end wall 220, a separate leaf spring 46 ispositioned. The leaf spring 46 bears against the end wall 22 in a mannersimilar to that previously described with respect to the reach 38 in theprevious embodiment.

A still further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 8and 9. In this embodiment, a mounting bracket 34b, is secured to a watchbracelet 10b adjacent each watch end 12b thereof. The bracket 34b issimilar in construction to the bracket 34 and and includes spacedparallel legs 36b and reach 38b. The reach 381: acts as a leaf springand the edge thereof which is adjacent the undersurface of the watchbracelet 10b is spaced from the watch bracelet. This bracket 34b isdistinguished from the bracket 34, however, because not only areportions of the reach 38b intermediate the ends 39 thereof, spaced fromthe watch bracelet 10b, but, additionally,the ends 39b of the reach 386are also spaced from the bracelet 10b by a clear space 43. Therefore,the common ends 39b of the legs 36b and the reach 38b are spaced fromthe bracelet 10b. This construction permits greater flexural movement ofthe leaf 38b and hence permits an increased pivotal movement of theportions of the bracelet 10!: adjacent the bracket 34!; about the tipsof the spring 10.

It should be appreciated that the above drawing illustrations with theexceptions of FIGS. 8 and 9, are of the undersurface of both the watchcase and the watch bracelet which are concealed from view when the watchis secured by the bracelet on the users wrist.

With a watch bracelet mounted on a watch case in accordance with theinvention, the brackets 34 will be rigidand immobile under ordinarycircumstances and will not pivot about the tips of the spring pins.Thus, although the portions of the bracelet 10 which are adjacent thewatch ends 12 thereof and are not joined to the bracket in a unitarymanner, they will appear rigid and unitary with the watch case, thusproducing the desired effect of a unitary securement of the bracelet tothe watch case.

If the bracelet 10 need be removed for repair of either the bracelet orthe watch movement, a jeweler need only insert an instrument into theopenings 40 in the leg 36 of the bracket 34 to force the spring pin tipsinwardly and disengage the tips from the legs of the bracket. After thetips have been forced inwardly, the bracelet may be pulled from thewatch case and the bracket 34 will disengage the boss 18. This can beaccomplished in a matter of seconds, and the same, a new, or a repairedbracelet I0 may be mounted on the watch case 14 through the use of thespring pin 30 in the conventional manner.

A further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 7a. In thisembodiment the positions of the brackets 34c and bosses are invertedwith respect to those of the previous embodiments. That is, a U-shapedbracket 34c substantially the same in construction as the bracket 34 andhaving parallel legs 346s and a reach Zllic extends from opposite sideedges a watch case. The brackets Me are unitarily secured to the watchcase at the tips of the legs 36c as by soldering. Altemately, thebracket 341: can be molded in one piece construction with the watchcase.

A boss lids substantially identical to the boss lib is secured to thewatch bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof with the longitudinalaxis of the boss we substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axisof the watch bracelet. The boss the includes planer wall 22c which isalso substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the watchbracelet.

A spring ping 3this carried in a bore extending through the boss we. Tomount the watch bracelet on the watch case, the boss llbc is alignedbetween the legs 36c of the bracket Me and between the watch case andreach We. The tips 320 of the pin We are then compressed and the bossTitle is slipped into the bracket. Then the boss is moved so that thewall 22 c abuts the reach me, deflecting the reach We at which point thetips 32c of the pin We will engage apertures We in the legs 360.

The engagement between the wall 22c and the reach Side is substantiallyidentical to that in the embodiment first discussed and the bosses Micare held rigid against the reach 3hr and will not easily pivot about thepin Elbe.

Optionally, the bracket 34c may be constructed similar to that of thebracket Fido and a separate leaf spring may be inserted in a clear spacebetween the wall 220 and the reach 33c.

Thus it will be seen that there is provided a simulated unitary braceletand watch case which achieves the various objects of the invention andwhich is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the present invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

What is claimed is:

l. A device for securing a wrist watch about the wrist of a wearer, saiddevice comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch ends, means onsaid bracelet adjacent said watch ends for securing the bracelet to awatch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watchends of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case,said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having a parallelspaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each ofthe parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tipsof a spring pin carried by the watch case to thereby secure the braceletto the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flatsurface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing theflat surface toward the watch case to abut a mating flat surface of thewatch case, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stressbetween the watch case flat surface and the spring pin and the matingflat surfaces seating against one another to maintain the bracket in arelatively rigid position by resisting pivotal movement of the bracketabout the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward thewatch case flat surface yieldingly permitting limited movement of thebracket about the pin whereby the portions of the bracelet adjacent thewatch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.

2. A device constructed in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bracketis substantially of U-shape, and includes parallel legs and a reachinterconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracketbeing formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being securedto the undersurface of the bracelet.

3. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracketflat surface is a portion of the reach, the reach being generally curvedso that portions of the reach spaced from the ends thereof abut thewatch case flat surface while portions of the reach adjacent the endsthereof are spaced from the watch case flat surface, the reach therebyforming a leaf spring, the biasing means including the reach and thebracket flat surface including portions of the reach in abutting contactwith the watch case flat surface of the watch case.

i. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reach isspaced from the watch case flat surface, the biasing means including aleaf spring, the leaf spring being carried in the space between thereach and the flat surface of the watch case, the bracket flat surfacebeing formed by a portion of the leaf spring in abutting contact withthe watch case flat surface.

5. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein an edge ofthe reach spaced from the ends thereof and adjacent the bracelet isspaced from. the bracelet.

ti. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reachis spaced from the bracelet along its entire length including the endsthereof.

7. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, further including awatch case, the watch case having bosses projecting from opposite edgesthereof, an end of each boss forming the watch case flat surface.

fl. A device constructed in accordance with claim 7, wherein each bossincludes side edges, the side edges of the boss being in juxtapositionwith the legs of the brackets.

9. A device constructed in accordance with claim 8, wherein meansforming a longitudinal bore through each boss is provided, the boreextending between the side edges of the boss, the longitudinal axis ofthe bore lying in a plane parallel to the watch case flat surface, aspring pin, said spring pin being housed within the bore, the ends ofthe pin being received within the openings in the parallel surfaces ofthe bracket.

W. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracketis secured to portions of the bracelet adjacent each watch end thereofon the undersurface of the bracelet to thereby conceal the connectionbetween the bracelet and the watch case.

llll. A device for securing a wrist watch case having bracelet engagingportions about the wrist of a wearer, said device comprising a bracelet,said bracelet having watch end portions, means on one of said portionsfor securing the bracelet to the watch case and simulating a rigidunitary connection between the watch end portions of the bracelet andportions adjacent thereto with the watch case, said securing meansincluding a bracket, said bracket having parallel spaced opposedsurfaces, means forming registered openings in each of the parallelsurfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tips of a springpin to thereby secure the bracelet to the watch case, the bracketfurther including a relatively flat surface intermediate the opposedparallel surfaces and means biasing the flat surface toward the otherportion to abut a mating flat surface of the other portion, the bracket.flat surface exerting a compressive stress between the other portionflat surface and the spring pin and the mating flat surfaces seatingagainst one another and resisting pivotal movement of the bracket aboutthe pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward the otherportion flat surface yieldingly permitting limited move ment of thebracket about the pin whereby the watch end portions are held relativelyrigid with respect to the watch case thereby simulating a unitaryconnection with the watch case.

M. A device constructed in accordance with claim ll, further including awrist watch case, the one portion being the bracelet engaging portion,the bracket being substantially of U-shape, and including parallel legsand a reach interconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces ofthe bracket being formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each legbeing secured to the undersurface of the bracket means securing the legsof the bracket to the bracelet engaging portion of the watch case, aboss, means securing the boss to the bracelet adjacent the watch endsthereof, the other portion flat surface being formed in the boss.

1. A device for securing a wrist watch about the wrist of a wearer, saiddevice comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch ends, means onsaid bracelet adjacent said watch ends for securing the bracelet to awatch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watchends of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case,said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having a parallelspaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each ofthe parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tipsof a spring pin carried by the watch case to thereby secure the braceletto the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flatsurface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing theflat surface toward the watch case to abut a mating flat surface of thewatch case, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stressbetween the watch case flat surface and the spring pin and the matingflat surfaces seating against one another to maintain the bracket in arelatively rigid position by resisting pivotal movement of the bracketabout the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward thewatch case flat surface yieldingly permitting limited movement of thebracket about the pin whereby the portions of the bracelet adjacent thewatch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.2. A device constructed in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bracketis substantially of U-shape, and includes parallel legs and a reachinterconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracketbeing formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being securedto the undersurface of the bracelet.
 3. A device constructed inaccordance with claim 2, wherein the bracket flat surface is a portionof the reach, the reach being generally curved so that portions of thereach spaced from the ends thereof abut the watch case flat surfacewhile portions of the reach adjacent the ends thereof are spaced fromthe watch case flat surface, the reach thereby forming a leaf spring,the biasing means including the reach and the bracket flat surfaceincluding portions of the reach in abutting contact with the watch caseflat surface of the watch case.
 4. A device constructed in accordancewith claim 2, wherein the reach is spaced from the watch case flatsurface, the biasing means including a leaf spring, the leaf springbeing carried in the space between the reach and the flat surface of thewatch case, the bracket flat surface being formed by a portion of theleaf spring in abutting contact with the watch case flat surface.
 5. Adevice constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein an edge of thereach spaced from the ends thereof and adjacent the bracelet is spacedfrom the bracelet.
 6. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2,wherein the reach is spaced from the bracelet along its entire lengthincluding the ends thereof.
 7. A device constructed in accordance withclaim 2, further including a watch case, the watch case having bossesprojecting from opposite edges thereof, an end of each boss forming thewatch case flat surface.
 8. A device constructed in accordance withclaim 7, wherein each boss includes side edges, the side edges of theboss being in juxtaposition with the legs of the brackets.
 9. A deviceconstructed in accordance with claim 8, wherein means forming alongitudinal bore through each boss is provided, the bore extendingbetween the side edges of the boss, the longitudinal axis of the borelying in a plane parallel to the watch case flat surface, a spring pin,said spring pin being housed within the bore, the ends of the pin beingreceived within the openings in the parallel surfaces of the bracket.10. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracketis secured to portions of the bracelet adjacent each watch end thereofon the undersurface of the bracelet to thereby conceal the connectionbetween the bracelet and the watch case.
 11. A device for securing awrist watch case having bracelet engaging portions about the wrist of awearer, said device comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watchend portions, means on one of said portions for securing the bracelet tothe watch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between thewatch end portions of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto withthe watch case, said securing means including a bracket, said brackethaving parallel spaced opposed surfaces, means forming registeredopenings in each of the parallel surfaces, said openings being adaptedto receive the tips of a spring pin to thereby secure the bracelet tothe watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flat surfaceintermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing the flatsurface toward the other portion to abut a mating flat surface of theother portion, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stressbetween the other portion flat surface and the spring pin and the matingflat surfaces seating against one another and resisting pivotal movementof the bracket about the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surfacetoward the other portion flat surface yieldingly permitting limitedmovement of the bracket about the pin whereby the watch end portions areheld relatively rigid with respect to the watch case thereby simulatinga unitary connection with the watch case.
 12. A device constructed inaccordance with claim 11, further including a wrist watch case, the oneportion being the bracelet engaging portion, the bracket beingsubstantially of U-shape, and including parallel legs and a reachinterconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracketbeing formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being securedto the undersurface of the bracket means securing the legs of thebracket to the bracelet engaging portion of the watch case, a boss,means securing the boss to the bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof,the other portion flat surface being formed in the boss.